pastille (plural pastilles)
A soft flavoured sweet/candy.
A medicinal pill, originally compressed herbs. A throat pastille is a large candy-like lozenge, which, when sucked, releases oils to soothe a sore throat and sometimes vapors to help unblock the nose or sinuses.
A small granular half-spheroid piece of material.
A small cone of charcoal and aromatic substances, burned either as incense, or as a means of diffusing an agreeable odour.
A paper tube containing a firework that causes a small wheel to rotate in burning.
(art, obsolete) Alternative form of pastel
• (medicinal pill): lozenge
• palliest, stipella
Source: Wiktionary
Pas"til, Pas*tille", n. Etym: [F. pastille, L. pastillusa pastus food. See Pasture, and cf. Pastel.]
1. (Pharmacy)
Definition: A small cone or mass made of paste of gum, benzoin, cinnamon, and other aromatics, -- used for fumigating or scenting the air of a room.
2. An aromatic or medicated lozenge; a troche.
3. See Pastel, a crayon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
7 April 2025
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